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While most [[science]] historians would claim that [[Isaac Newton]] was arguably the greatest scientist in [[history]], Albert Einstein is surely the most widely recognized scientist in the modern world--no captions are needed on his photographs, and practically every adult in the world immediately recognizes him.
While most [[science]] historians would claim that [[Isaac Newton]] was arguably the greatest scientist in [[history]], Albert Einstein is surely the most widely recognized scientist in the modern world--no captions are needed on his photographs, and practically every adult in the world immediately recognizes him.
He received the [[Nobel Prize]] in 1921 for his paper on the [[Photoelectric Effect]] ''not'', surprisingly, for either of his papers on [[Relativity]]--which were to set the collective world of [[physics]] <nowiki>'on it's ear'</nowiki>.
He received the [[Nobel Prize]] in 1921 "for his services to Theoretical Physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect".
Einstein's meteoric rise to world fame came after the publication of Sir [[Arthur Eddington]]'s observations on the bending of [[star]]light passing nearby the [[Sun]], which were taken during the total [[solar eclipse]] of May 29, 1919, and which were proclaimed to be the first [[observation]]al [[proof]]s of Einstein's theory of [[General Relativity]].
Einstein's meteoric rise to world fame came after the publication of Sir [[Arthur Eddington]]'s observations on the bending of [[star]]light passing nearby the [[Sun]], which were taken during the total [[solar eclipse]] of May 29, 1919, and which were proclaimed to be the first [[observation]]al [[proof]]s of Einstein's space-time [[theorem]]s of [[General Relativity]].
Effectively overnight, Einstein became famous the world over, and his name has now become synonymous in [[Western Culture]] with [[genius]].
Effectively overnight, Einstein became famous the world over, and his name has now become synonymous in [[Western Culture]] with [[genius]].
==Famous Works==
==Famous Works==